EULAs and the Nook

About a week ago, I picked up one of Barnes & Noble's Nook Simple Touch e-book reader. I finally unboxed it today. And was presented with a 178-page terms-and-conditions document. WT-bloody-F? At least this is a e-reader with a nice, readable screen, but still, 178 pages of legalese upon powering it on for the first time?

I picked up the Nook for several reasons. One, it runs Android, and is eminently hackacble. Two, it can read industry-standard ePub book files, and provides a simple way to side-load your own stuff without going through the mothership. Three, it was cheap ($99), and has no advertising. Four, it uses microSD cards for expansion. Finally and most importantly, because B&N has the corporate balls to stand up to Microsoft's patent trolling.

Anyway, now that the firmware's updated, time to get root access and really start messing around. We'll see if this results in me reading more after all...

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